the front line went well today for westgate well done to Big Als lad.

well done little al nice to hear he's got his finger out at last

ditto

im pretty glad its the last game next week before the break,we have made the decision to move training indoors to knottingley sports centre between now and march although it comes at a cost to me and the parents but its got to be better then training in all weather`s and in mud,hopefully it will help our ball handling no end having good conditions to train in and we can have some fun with it too.

stanley been indoors for a few weeks now , its hard for some aspects but you can still do a lot of fitness training. rumours a foot the lads will get moved up but to what group is still open to debate , for me 1 group is suffice

we are still training out doors with no complaints from the kids that its cold,
its been hard to see the ball at times and has been plenty plays that have had to be retaken because of it (dropped balls) but on sat two tries stuck and was down to the hard work the team has done in training

my car's cacked up tho

its a bit tough really i spoke with townville`s coach today and they are hoping to move up themselves,i know no team is keen to drop out of pool 1 has its been so competative with every team losing at least 3 games although fev lions and oulton raiders have only beat one another,lock lane too were hoping to move up though their form has dropped off a little in the last few weeks having spoken with their coach.maybe they need to go to 4 groups of ten instead of 5 groups of 8 id then make group 1.

cas panthers
eastmoor
crigglestone
drighlington
stanningley
heworth
stanley
lock lane
townville
shaw cross

but i have a feeling that they will split group1 into half has we have already played most teams twice already.

i honestly believe its a good age group this time i see a lot of u10s games and i reckon that a lot of the teams in group 1 of the u9s could hold their own against u10s top teams.

agree mate , but this is the millennium group maybe in 2022 we might win the ashes

i hope your right im banking on one of my ex-players giving me an all expenses paid trip to go and watch it

onething that annoys me and a lot of other coaches is that they have taken away the county teams until u12s,i played for yorkshire has an u9 and to this day i still hold it has a top moment in my career and i was fortunate enough to get signed on,i beieve that their should be some recognition for our top players at any age group and even if its just regional training from the rfls coaching co-ordinaters its better than nothing.

May I congratulate you on having this thread.

I think it's great to see the forums being used to promote the game at grassroots level.